CN107105909A

CN107105909A - Drinking instrument with compensation body

Info

Publication number: CN107105909A
Application number: CN201580057146.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: D·费伦巴赫; S·德内梅茨; M·克诺布劳赫
Original assignee: More Gas Medical Co Ltd
Current assignee: More Gas Medical Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-09-13
Filing date: 2015-09-14
Publication date: 2017-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 2035-09-14
Also published as: US20170318994A1; EP3190932B1; DE102015115487A1; CA2976135A1; DE112015004172A5; JP2017528240A; WO2016037614A1; EP3190932A1; JP6847829B2; US10278525B2; CN107105909B

Abstract

A kind of drinking instrument (1), including a drinking container (10), drinking container (10) include the main body (20) for being used to compensate that liquid level (S) changes in drinking container (10).The drinking instrument is characterised by that compensation body (20) contains an elastic component (21), it can expand its shape under liquid volume gravity (F) effect, that is the volume of compensation body (20) can become big, and recover less original-shape in gravity (F) event resolves relief compensation body (20).Advantage is, any to design of drinking container (10) inwall (12) with the effect that is slidingly sealed without being used to compensation body (20).That is, user need not first put down drinking container (10), you can allow liquid level (S) to recover stable.

Description

Drinking instrument with compensation body

Technical field

Present invention refers to a kind of drinking instrument [1] for being used to accommodate drinkable liquid, especially as glass The vessel of cup, teacup or beaker etc, its part is, drinking container [10] and can balance drinking container [10] interior liquid The object [20] of position change (S).

Background technology

Many patient heads, just can not be by teacup, beaker and since some amount of liquid to the limited angle of test Or the liquid in the typical drinking instrument [1] such as glass is drunk up.If patient swings back on head and stretching of trying one's best, due to breathing The unlimited reason in road, the risk being choked will be greatly increased.People can utilize this point in emergency, and head is tried one's best drawing Stretch, first aid is carried out to allow respiratory tract to open wide.

But in other everyday scenes, head excessive tensile then has very high liquid intrusion and (sucks) respiratory tract Risk, such as when being drunk water with mug with lip.In the daily routines of hospital, people often can see patient and attempt using common The phenomenon being choked when mug with lip drinks water.In such cases, we can be frequently observed, will using the people of common mug with lip By head to swinging back liquid could terribly finish off in handle cup.For the people of dysphagia, respiratory tract is at this moment drawn liquid into Risk is very high.Furthermore it is known that these cups it is typically coloured, allow people be difficult to differentiate cup in liquid level.Often It can further be seen that patient somewhat tilts cup and when also not in contact with to liquid, begin to stretch as pulling suction pipe Body.By it is such stretch, further by cup tilt and stretch head simultaneously, just buried liquid and be inhaled into breathing The risk in road.Liquid is fewer in cup, and drinking person just must must be more severe by its top pull.Consequence is exactly that liquid suction is breathed The dangerous increase in road.

Liquid suction respiratory tract consequence be typically, pneumonia and extended hospital stay.If young a live wire, exhales Pneumonia will not be triggered immediately certainly by inhaling road suction liquid, but now often have advanced age within the hospital and/or with a variety of diseases Patient.

In drinking process, commercially available common mug with lip must have very big magnitude of inclination.If liquid level (S) only compares standard volume Have (E) somewhat low Δ h, then estimate that angle of inclination has just reached 50 ° or more (referring to Fig. 1).

Conventional auxiliary drinking instrument, especially towards advanced age and/or with a variety of diseases and/or dysphagia And/or the drinking instrument of the people along with suction symptom, generally all it is only limitted to change the shape of drinking instrument.For example Theme inside DE202004001835Ul is exactly a kind of by helping to empty drinkable liquid completely side wall beveling Goblet.This not gratifying solution.It is more desirable to be, angle of inclination is restricted to relatively low water It is flat.

Because being primarily present two problems when patient and/or old man's drinkable liquid.On the one hand it is that head is faced upward in the backward, The risk of respiratory tract suction liquid is higher.If the people for having dysphagia tries to drink up the liquid in drinking instrument [1], liquid enters Entering the risk of respiratory tract will dramatically increase, because head will continue to layback as liquid level declines.

In addition, the possible freedom of motion of these people is limited, it is impossible to completely finish off liquid.For example, wrist joint rotation inconvenience, Shoulder or neck have arthritis or head-bent difficult (neck-vertebra symptom) that natural drinking motion may be allowed smooth Complete.

Therefore, in care institutions vibrations and residential care, often occur that patient can not be completely by the liquid in drinking instrument [1] The situation that body is drunk up.In order to prevent patient to be dehydrated, nursing staff can allow patient can be with periodically toward drinking instrument [1] adding liquid Constantly drink.Conventional auxiliary drinking instrument, such as the mug with lip shown in Fig. 1 can only prevent the liquid drunk to spill, but nothing Method solves above-mentioned subject matter.

For example, in order to avoid the problem, CN201510043U or CN202104666U propose a kind of new drinking device Have [1], constituted by drinking container [10] and to the object [20] of the change redeeming of liquid level (S).Known this compensation Body [20] has individual shortcoming, i.e., it must be slidingly sealed for the inwall of drinking container [10], and this is inherently high cost And according to design, the activity and feature of body [20] are compensated especially when inclination is held and drunk to be obstructed Hinder.As shown in the test of inventor, user will first put down drinking container [10], using the compensation body [20] for being slidingly sealed structure Liquid level (S) could be recovered stable again.In addition, the compensation body [20] being slidingly sealed is difficult to or can not taken out sometimes, Need the hygienic issues that throw into question and can trigger during cleaning.Additionally have one disadvantage in that, it is compressible in drinking container [10] Compensation body [20] can cause to drinking instrument [1] inject liquid when produce dead volume, which results in be difficult to correctly record institute The problem of intake liquid amount, especially in advanced age and/or user with a variety of diseases.

The content of the invention

It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of drinking instrument [1] for avoiding being currently known shortcoming.

This task is resolved by the drinking instrument [1] with feature described in claim 1.

Being used for of the present invention accommodates the drinking instrument [1] of drinkable liquid, including drinking container [10] and with drink The object [20] of compensating action is played with the change of the liquid level (S) in container [10], is characterized in, compensation body [20] contains bullet Property component [21], its shape can be changed liquid volume gravity (F) effect is lower, i.e., compensation body [20] can become big and in gravity (F) event resolves relief compensation body [20] recovers less original-shape.

Due to compensation body [20] [21] containing elastic member, the component increase can compensate body under liquid gravity (F) effect [20] volume profiles of itself, therefore its advantage is, without to compensation body [20] using any to the interior of drinking container [10] Wall [12] produces the design for the effect that is slidingly sealed, and less original will be recovered in the event resolves post-compensation body [2] of gravity (F) itself Beginning shape.That is, user need not first put down drinking container [10], you can allow liquid level (S) to recover stable.

The favourable configurations scheme and improvement project for individually or when combining having correlation are shown in appended claims：

For example, elastic component [21] prioritizing selection of the compensation body [20] in some improvement project is by its elasticity and liquid bulk Product gravity (F) has correlation.Elastic component [21] and the gravity (F) of liquid volume have the compensation body [20] of correlation, its Advantage is that " water level " of drinkable liquid in drinking container [10] can be maintained in constant level by it in drinking process.

Required according to invention, compensation body [20] is preferably capable of the insertion in completely or partially insertion drinking container [10] Part.The advantage for being designed for insertion into the compensation body [20] of part is easy for taking out and cleaned.In addition, being designed for insertion into the compensation body of part [20] can be as repacking means, on existing drinking instrument [1].

That is, the compensation body [20] with elastic member [21] is the main composition portion of drinking instrument of the present invention [1] Point.Basic physical principle utilisable energy is changed to explain.If drinking container [10] encloses liquid, it is preferred to use insert The compensation body [20] of design form, that is, its elastic component [21] can change shape and in liquid gravitation or gravity (F) In the presence of expansion or stretch.If the liquid in drinking container [10] is consumed, compensation body [20] will strive to recovery, and its is original State less original-shape in other words, therefore compensation body [20] will decline to liquid-consumed produced liquid level (S) and mend Repay.This point is realized preferably by the potential energy of accumulation in elastic component [21].Compensation in the device, i.e., meaning of the present invention Body [20], its advantage is compared with the drinking instrument [1] without the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert, can be bright Just drinking instrument [1] is emptied under aobvious only 5 ° to 20 ° smaller of angle of inclination.

The elasticity of elastic component [21] is realized preferably by material elasticity in itself.For example, elastic component [21] can It is preferential to use injection molding of polymers part.

In the improvement project of the present invention, there is a kind of suitable preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert, It is completely or partially made up of following component：The component [23] of bottom plate shape and/or the elastic component [24/21] of wall-like and/ Or the preferably fixing component [22] of pencil, the component [25] of a lid is preferably additionally present here.These components can portion Divide or combine with each other completely the compensation body [20] for constituting a continuous insert configuration together.In addition, these components can be with It is made of one or more kinds of different materials.In other words, the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert can be by One or more kinds of materials are made.Finally, the application implements [1] can have an exhaust apparatus [50] or air discharge duct.Institute It is the effect original in order to allow people to more fully understand the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert to be finely divided to component Reason.

Required according to invention, prioritizing selection is such to be designed：Construction one starts from inwall [12] and climing in drinking container [1] The air discharge duct [51] of peristoma [14] is extended down to, the advantage so designed is need not to redesign air discharge duct in compensation body [20], this Sample can simplify the manufacture difficulty of compensation body, when manufacture especially with thin material.

In accordance with this technical criteria, the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert is preferably rotationally symmetrical, is allowed i.e. Make to be that old man or patient also can independently use the device, the i.e. drinking instrument with compensation body [20] in the correct way all the time [1]。

In addition, fixing component [22] is preferably devised to ring-type and preferably locked with drinking container [10] in shape sealed, power Close the sealed connection of either material or the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert is preferably otherwise affixed to and drunk It is in container [26], such as fixed by the edge member [26] of convex.

Top edge of the fixing component [22] preferably with drinking container [10] is connected, or preferentially with drinking container [10] inwall [12] upper area is connected.

Elastic component [21], fixing component [22], bottom tabular component [23], wall-like elastic component [24/21] and/or lid Component [25] is preferably both made up of a material, so can obtain the preferential compensation designed using insert of " safe shell-like " structure Body [20], further protrudes the terseness and economy of the design.For example, the compensation of this preferential use insert design Body [20] can polymeric material be made, such as silicone or thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).In addition, what is so obtained has safety Sleeve-like structure compensation body [20] has an advantage that that is, when injecting drinkable liquid, the compensation body can be with full extension Into the inner chamber [11] of the drinking container [10] of almost arbitrary structures, significant dead space will not be left in this inner chamber, favorably In the amount of liquid for correctly recording intake, especially for advanced age and/or for the user with a variety of diseases.

The drinking container [10] of drinking instrument [1] with the preferential compensation body [20] designed using insert have force closure, Shape sealed or the sealed connection of material.Compensation body [20] can especially be connected with the upper wall [12] of drinking container [10].For example, Drinking container [10] and attached compensation body [20] can also be manufactured in a production technology, preferentially using injection moulding.

The record of intake liquid amount can be used to calculate in compensation body [20] in a preferred improvement project by one to be become The sensing element [60] of the amount of liquid of change further simplifies.Such sensing element [60] allows based on IT technologies, half from In dynamic or fully automatically record patient intake amount of liquid, such as health account that recorded hospital management system.In addition, also Reminded and/or confirmation it is contemplated that being sent to nursing staff or sufferers themselves, especially can be by App progress.

Brief description of the drawings

Further drinking instrument of the present invention [1] will be illustrated with accompanying drawing and topology example below.Structure type Only do demonstration to use, and non-final enumerate.The feature of drinking instrument [1] can be used alone, and can also combine.

Have in showing：

Fig. 1：The mug with lip being currently known is shown；

Fig. 2：The side view of the first structure type of drinking instrument of the present invention [1] is shown；

Fig. 3：The exhaust apparatus [50] of topology example shown in Fig. 2 or the zoomed-in view of air discharge duct are shown；

Fig. 4：The side view of second structure type of drinking instrument of the present invention [1] is shown, it is similar to Fig. 1, but be Integrally manufactured shaping；

Fig. 5：Diagram of the drinking instrument [1] similar with Fig. 2 under dummy status；

Fig. 6：Diagram of Fig. 5 drinking instruments [1] under state of filling；

Fig. 7：Other use positions of Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 topology examples；

Fig. 8：The decomposition diagram of 3rd structure type of drinking instrument [1] of the present invention, including a drinking container [10], the preferential compensation body [20] and a lid covered [30] designed using insert；

Fig. 9：The shape sealed connection diagram of Fig. 8 topology examples, with the lid [30] covered；

Figure 10：Shape sealed similar to Fig. 9 topology example connects diagram, with the blocking mechanism [40] covered；

Figure 11：The structure type that Fig. 8 to 10 is introduced adds a sensor for being arranged in drinking container [10] bottom [13] [60], for calculating the liquid level (S) changed in drinking container [10], it is illustrated that by taking empty drinking container as an example；

Figure 12：It is shown that Figure 11 structure type, by taking the drinking container 10 partly filled as an example.

Figure 13：The circuit diagram of electronic or electromechanical system [61] with sensor shown in Figure 11 [60]；

Figure 14：The first exhaust scheme [A] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12；

Figure 15：Second exhaust scheme [B] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12；

Figure 16：It is the 3rd exhaust scheme [C] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12；

Figure 17：It is the 4th exhaust scheme [D] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12.

Embodiment

Below to the present invention preferred constructive form be introduced when, identical accompanying drawing mark refer to be identical or Similar component.

Fig. 1 is illustrated that on the present art known mug with lip, this existing detailed elaboration in explanation is introduced.

Fig. 2 is illustrated that the side view for meeting the first drinking instrument 1 that invention is required, consists of, a drinking container 10 With a preferential compensation body designed using insert, the compensation body can be completely or partially placed in drinking container 10.

As shown in Fig. 2 the compensation body 20 preferentially designed using insert fixes structure with a bottom tabular component 23 and one Part 22, and the latter preferably can with drinking container 10 is in force closure, shape sealed or material is sealed is connected.It is preferential to use insertion The compensation body 20 of part design can as shown in Figs. 5 to 7, by the press-fit between fixing component 22 and drinking container 10, with power Sealed mode is fixed in drinking container 10.Complete (as shown in Figure 2) or part (not shown) it can construct wall simultaneously Shape component 24 or as shown in Figs. 5 to 7 while completely or partially construct the elastic component 21 of bottom tabular component 23, positioned at hanging down Between the upward cap-like structure 25 of bottom tabular component 23 and one of Nogata.The compensation that exhaust apparatus 50 will be designed preferentially using insert The inner chamber 11 that body 20 is constructed is connected with chamber air so that air can be flowed into and flowed when compensation body 20 changes shape Go out inner chamber 11.

That is, Fig. 2 is illustrated that the first structure type of drinking instrument 1 of the present invention, preferential using insertion with one The compensation body 20 of part design, compensates the fixing component 22 and top peristoma 14 of body, or the top with the inwall 12 of reference container 10 Region is connected.The connection can be force closure, shape sealed or the sealed form of material.

Can be seen that the preferential compensation body 20 designed using insert from the side view in Fig. 2 has a circular ring-type Edge member 26.In addition, in current first structure example, elastic component 21 and wall-like component 24 " fusion " are into a component. The transition of fixing component 22, wall-like elastic component 24/21 tabular component 23 on earth is preferably continuous.Fixing component 22 is to wall-like An air discharge duct 50 is provided with the transitional region of elastic component 24/21, especially to allow the groove to be located at the liquid that triangle is marked Above the S of position.It is shown in Fig. 2, preferential using insert design when precompensation body 20 can be completely or partially by polymer (example Such as thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)) constitute, and can be using cheap conventional injection moulding process.

If the drinking container 10 shown in Fig. 2 is loaded with liquid, elastic component 21 will bear tensile load.In current example In, at the same also construct the elastic component 21 of wall-like component 24, fixing component 22, bottom tabular component 23, cap-like structure 25 and Exhaust apparatus 50 can be made up of an identical material.

In addition, fixing component 22 and top peristoma 14, or be connected with the upper area 12 of the inwall of drinking container 10, it is best It is to be connected in the way of shape sealed.The transition of fixing component 22, wall-like elastic component 24/21 tabular component 23 on earth is preferably Continuously, wherein, component 22,24/26,23 can be made up of a polymer.Therefore, it is preferential using insertion using injection moulding manufacture The compensation body 20 of part design is suitable.

Fig. 3 be before the basic diagrams of the amplification of exhaust apparatus 50 or air discharge duct that refer to of Fig. 2.It can see in figure, The mode that elastic component 21 connects with wall-like component 24.Exhaust apparatus 50 or air discharge duct will be designed preferentially using insert design Compensation body 20 in, or design preferentially using insert design compensation body 20 cap-like structure 25 in or near (i.e. Adjoining position), allow air discharge duct 50 to be continuously in above liquid level S.Certainly, the exhaust apparatus 50 or air discharge duct in fixing component 22 It is preferably devised to the inner chamber 11 that liquid cannot be introduced into reference container 10, or the knot that drinking person can be sealed exhaust outlet with mouth Structure.

Second of structure type of application implements 1 of the present invention is shown in Fig. 4, and its part is one in accordance with the skill The reference container 10 and one of art criterion design plays the object 20 of compensating action with the liquid level change S in drinking container 10, Wherein, the drinking container 10 in Fig. 4 is compared with the drinking container 10 in Fig. 2 a unlimited bottom.Therefore the He of drinking container 10 Compensating body 20 can be so that for example by injection moulding, preferably double-colored (2K) injection moulding manufactures completion in a processing step, realizes material The sealed connection of material, without exhaust apparatus 50 or air discharge duct because inner chamber 10 all the time by the open bottom of drinking container 10 and Surrounding air is contacted.The elastomer 21 of body 20 is compensated preferably with such design：In compensation body 20 full and drinking instrument 1 enough When lifting, compensation body 20 will not be protruded from the bottom opening of drinking container 10.

Diagram of the drinking instrument 1 similar with Fig. 2 under dummy status is shown in Fig. 5.It is shown that, drinking container 1 can To be conventional mug with lip (referring to Fig. 1), being designed for insertion into the compensation body 20 of part can be arranged into the container.Show in the structure In example, the compensation body 20 for being designed for insertion into part passes through a circular ring-shaped edge component 26 and the inwall of drinking container 10 of mug with lip 11 form force closure connection, for example, carry out press-fit by a sealing ring or O-ring 27.Toward the elastomeric material 21 of middle extension The as elastic component 21 of the structure type.The drinking instrument 1 that Fig. 5 is shown is in state empty, without dress liquid.

Fig. 6 is shown drinking instrument 1 shown in Fig. 5 and is in the state for filling drinkable liquid.It can be seen that, it is designed for insertion into The elastic component 21 of the compensation body 20 of part how by liquid volume weight F load and become which type of shape, wherein, bullet Property component 21 is extended in cavity or the inner chamber of mug with lip drinking container 10.

Other use positions of Fig. 5 or Fig. 6 topology examples are shown in Fig. 7.The preferential compensation body designed using insert The liquid that 20 (structures for preferably copying condom) can be lost with suitable elastic compensating, so that compensating liquid level S decline.It is suitable to The liquid (density is near with aqueous phase) drunk can allow the compensation body 20 for being designed for insertion into part to expand.If drinking rear liquid volume to subtract Few, the weight F of liquid volume will diminish so that compensation body 20 can return original shape again.In addition, gravity F is applied to bullet Property component 21 and compensation body 20 on component will be reduced because of the change at inclination angle (power triangle).Liquid level S will also be lifted, and drink institute The angle of inclination needed will also reduction.

The perspective exploded view of the 3rd structure type of drinking instrument 1 of the present invention is shown in Fig. 8, including one drinks The compensation body 20 and one that container 10, one is preferentially designed using insert covers in the lid 30 of the compensation body, lid and is preferably formed with one The ergonomics opening 31 designed for mouth.The opening 31 can be with individually designed, or is designed using existing opening 31.

Fixing component 22 and the cap-like structure 26 that is attached thereto preferably with the top mouth edge 14 of drinking container 10 completely or Person part is matched, and the preferential compensation body 20 designed using insert could have shape with drinking container 10 so in the topology example Sealed connection.

On the other hand, lid 30 with one with fixing component 22 or with the cap-like structure 25 that connects completely or partially The lid edge 32 matched somebody with somebody, it is allowed to which lid 30 has shape sealed to be connected with the preferential compensation body 20 designed using insert.

Shape sealed connection can allow drinking container 10, compensation body 20 and lid 30 to have disassembling operations simple reversible excellent Point, for example can be convenient for cleaning.

Fig. 8 structure type is shown in Fig. 9, with shape sealed connection, with the lid 31 covered；

In addition, the connection of shape sealed also allows in position of cap design one and fixing component 22 or the lid connected therewith The blocking mechanism 40 of the shape sealed of shape component 25, so as to make drinking instrument 1 on the way to use.For example Figure 10 is shown just It is such portable drinking instrument 10, wherein it can be noted that, using the blocking mechanism 40 of this design in addition to lid 30, It can certainly consider for by together locking (not the showing) of opening 31.

The structure type shown in Fig. 8 to 10 is shown in Figure 11, and the inside adds one and is arranged in the bottom 13 of drinking container 10 Sensing element 60, for calculating the liquid level (S) that changes in drinking container 10 according to empty drinking container 10.

Figure 11 structure type is shown in Figure 12, by taking the drinking container 10 partly filled as an example.

People, which does not have a meal, can survive about one month, but if not drinking water, can only at most survive five to seven days.Therefore：It is right For the health of people, daily correct, sufficient drinking-water is at least important as correct nutrition supply.

Human body about 2/3rds is made up of water.Water is a kind of odorless, tasteless, the liquid of clear, colorless, by hydrogen atom (H) constituted with oxygen atom (O).Water on the one hand can conduct, such as blood, urine, sweat delivery vehicles, on the other hand can be thin as human body The solvent of the nearly all material of intracellular.

In addition, the evaporation of human body surface water can take away the heat (sweat) of body, so that adjustable body temperature.Human body will be arranged daily Go out substantial amounts of liquid.To maintain optimal body fluid levels, it is necessary to supplement the liquid of loss all the time.A part for liquid demand by Food is provided.In addition, adult should drink about 2 liters of water daily.

Although before certain degree is reached, human body can compensate water shortage by concentration process, at this moment lack liquid Or injury can be brought to body.

Because water is the chief component of blood, if if intake is very few, blood will be unable to proper flow.Whole body The material supply of body will be deteriorated, and mental and notice will decline.There is kidney stone, urethra sense in addition, lacking liquid and also resulting in Dye or the increase of the risk of constipation, skin and mucous membrane can equally be dried, and virus and bacterium will be easier to enter internal.

Scientific investigations showed that, water shortage reaches that the 2% of body weight can significantly attenuate the function of human body.It should be noted, therefore, that body The caution signal sent：Headache, nausea, dry, very thirsty sense or poor appetite.

With people can it is ageing as, it is swallowed system and can also changed.Its function can be maintained by the diet of rule And exercise.But the liquid that most of adult daily intakes is very few.This custom can further be protruded simultaneously with the increase at age The problem of may causing serious：Mucous membrane drying, loss of tooth, muscle deterioration and jaw anchylosis can cause swallowing reflex not assisted Adjust.Sometimes, if suffering from or there is dysphagia illness, also therefore general aggravates this problem and related personnel will face and exhale Inhale the risk of road suction liquid and trigger the consequence of pneumonia.

The amount of liquid distributed, the amount of liquid of the people especially to advanced age and/or with a variety of diseases is all traditionally hand Write record is in diet minute book.Nevertheless, being advanced age and/or the people with a variety of diseases in other words Just because of this Necessary amount of liquid is provided, is sometimes a big problem for nursing staff.The change that age is brought, such as under very thirsty sense Drop, can be made up by conscious action.But advanced age and/or the people with a variety of diseases are usually free of this ability, Independently intake liquid can not be felt.Therefore, this initiative must be from nursing staff.

Whether associate, be based on the above, subtask of the invention is all to provide one kind can with compensation body 20 Avoid being currently known the drinking instrument 1 of shortcoming.

It is a kind of to solve the subtask, drinking instrument 1 for accommodating drinkable liquid, it is characterized in thering is one with biography The drinking container 10 of sensing unit 60, the effect of the sensing element is to calculate the liquid level S changed in drinking container 10.

One improvement project suggestion, is designed to electronics or Mechatronic Systems 61 (underneath with Department of Electronics sensing element 60 Unite this title) a part.

After integrated in this way, the data (being preferably) of collection can be passed through an interface (such as) by sensing element 60 Ancillary equipment is sent to, these ancillary equipment can be the distinct device in different application field, for example, can also be hospital management A part for system.

Data analysis work is typically only capable to complete in ancillary equipment, and this point can allow the complexity of system 61 to be maintained to the greatest extent Level that may be low.

As shown in FIG. 11 and 12, sensing element 60 or the system 61 comprising the element are preferably arranged on drinking container 10 Bottom 13.

According to the requirement of invention, sensing element 60 is used as preferably with the rangefinder using based on infrared ray.The device meeting Infrared pulse is sent through the liquid in drinking container 10, reflects, returns again in liquid surface or below compensation body 20 Return sensing unit 60.The sensing element 60 is by the time needed for measuring the trip and calculates liquid level accordingly.Herein, surface is anti- Penetrating rate only needs 3%.Measured by then passing through infrared ray, so the density of liquid is nothing for the correctness of measurement Fasten what is wanted.

In principle it is contemplated that the system is applied into two kinds of scenes：

It is used together with the compensation body 20 for being designed for insertion into part, and in the drinking container without this auxiliary compensation device Use.In the first described application kind, liquid medium is located at the one side away from sensing element 60.In contrast, without insertion In the applicable cases of part, infrared pulse is through liquid medium.

The electronics comprising sensing element 60 or the circuit diagram of Mechatronic Systems 61 in Figure 11 and 12 is shown in Figure 13.

It can be seen that can select or increase other sensors：

Triangular measuring transducer is by the angle of reflection on interface come measurement distance.The position of hitting of reflected light pulse will The distance at interface is determined and is converted into by a photodiode array.

In principle it is also contemplated that using ultrasonic sensor：Its measuring principle is identical with infrared ray sensor.

For some product types, electromagnetism and inductosyn are probably rational selection and can be fixed on The outer wall 10 of drinking container.

The system 61 at least includes a sensing element 60, a power supply (VCC), a microcontroller (μ C) and a communication and connect Mouth (COM).

Communication interface is required to transmit and analyzing gathered data.According to purposes, the interface can be a nothing Line electricity communication device.According to such interface, just without being connected to system 61 on required ancillary equipment by cable.

When optional, it may be preferable to by WLAN, mobile radio, directive radio communication device, bluetooth or RFID sets up connection.

In order to which the measurement noise of sensor side is minimized, suitable filter is selected.If conventional filter schema It is invalid, it is proposed that to use multiple sensors, so as to which signal is become into steady by random filter.

In order to avoid mistake is understood caused by environmental disturbances, such as when carrying or shake drinking instrument 10, it is proposed that It is equipped with an acceleration transducer (IMU) only accounted for the result produced in container some gradient.

Drinking instrument 10 is desirable to waterproof and to use when without sensing device and with integrated sensing device Dishwasher.Therefore, individual improvement project suggestion electron component 60,61 designs a suitable seal closure.To substitute not The scheme of replaceable battery, it is proposed that use so-called " Energy Harvesting " (energy acquisition) scheme.

It is contemplated that other methods for allowing product long-play of the present invention have：Piezoelectricity, thermoelectricity and/or photoelectricity Effect.

In described first method, athletic performance can change into electricity by piezoelectric ceramics.Like this, drinking device is worked as Tool 1 can obtain energy when movement.It is the action there may be energy for example by dynamic or shake container 1.

It is equally possible that obtaining energy by the temperature difference.If can reach 90 DEG C in view of temperature in commercial dish-washing machine, this The method of kind is especially significant in commercial use as hospital or sanatorium.That is, may be by drinking Daily flushing of the container 10 in dish-washing machine maintains sensing element 60 and/or the power supply of electronic or electromechanical system 61 to supply.

Different interaction schemes can be illustrated according to application field, therefore following is a brief introduction of several peripheries and set It is standby：

For hospital and sanatorium, it is probably rational that data, which are directly fed into electronic health record,.It can so save Go record to pay wages, save the substantial amounts of time.Therefore the security of patient can also be lifted.If for example, do not comply with the required amount of drinking, Information warning can be exported on the monitor of ward management personnel.

For private user and home care areas, a bracelet that can receive and analyze institute's gathered data from system 61 will be One attractive interaction schemes.For example, bracelet can directly give a warning or prompting message.It is equally possible that considering Suitable for by the solution being adapted with the age of nursing staff.

But for private user, if can be compatible with common commercially available healthy bracelet and similar products in this respect, it be also Reasonably.This point can especially be realized by cooperating with leading manufacturer.

In addition to family or Clinic Nursing application content, providing data by E-mail address or web interface may also It is rational scheme.So, relatives can with can receive every night include daytime liquid take in result mail.Outpatient service is protected Reason attendant especially by the web interface of password login one and can also download the data of acquisition.

May be more than after all private user can to by App and (such as) bluetooth directly with smart mobile phone or flat board Dataphone is interested.

One is used to accommodate drinkable liquid, (the liquid changed in calculating drinking container 10 of sensing element 60 is carried by one Position S) drinking container 10 constitute drinking instrument 1, be not only suitable for hospital, sanatorium, outpatient service or residential care, be also applied for private People user.

If oneself asks oneself, count how much liquid taken in altogether from the coffee in early morning, our conclusion is typically to take the photograph Enter amount very little.Businessman, university student, kindergarener, doctor, long-distance driver or builder have following common ground, And the listed simply sub-fraction with common ground crowd：With post, change be abundant, pressure is big and main , the indefinite schedule in place.Therefore they have often forgotten to drink water.

The preferred drinking instrument 1 of the present invention can provide help in this respect, because it can be a kind of life style product, The drinking-water wish of people can be improved by reminding.

The first exhaust scheme [A] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12 is shown in Figure 14.

Different views, fluid level condition and the cut-away section of compensation body 20 is shown in the top half of figure.The figure of upper left quarter It is shown that the side view semi-section for the compensation body 20 being underfilled with state, wherein, compensate the elastic component 21 and fixed structure of body Part 22 is connected.

The side view semi-section for the compensation body 20 filled in state is shown in the figure of left side central portion, wherein, compensation body Elastic component 21 is connected with fixing component 22.

The side view for the compensation body 20 filled in state is shown in the figure of left lower, wherein, compensate the elastic structure of body Part 21 is connected with fixing component 22.

The visible compensation body 20 for being loaded with drinkable liquid in right side, it is shown that fixing component 22 and elastic component 21.

On the left of the latter half of figure visible one using exhaust scheme [A] design meet that invention requires without liquid The side view semi-section of drinking instrument 1, the compensation body 20 preferentially designed with a drinking container 10, one using insert, the compensation Body comprising fixing component 22, elastic component 21 and for the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 be vented air discharge duct 51, the air discharge duct from The inwall of drinking container 12 extends to the outer wall of drinking container by the peristoma 14 of drinking container.Therefore, inject liquid and drink During, the air in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 can be run out of by air discharge duct 51.

Middle figure is the side view semi-section for meeting the drinking container 1 having been filled with that invention is required, appearance is drunk with one The compensation body 20 that device 10, one is preferentially designed using insert and the air discharge duct for the exhaust of inner chamber 11 to drinking container 10 51, the air discharge duct extends to the outer wall of drinking container from the inwall 12 of drinking container by the peristoma 14 of drinking container.Chain-dotted line What is indicated is the process that air flows out from the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10.

The diagram of right upper portion is the cross-sectional detail views A of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.Chain-dotted line is indicated Air in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 is passed through by the outflow process of air discharge duct 51, the air discharge duct from the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 The peristoma 14 for crossing drinking container 10 extends to the outer wall of drinking container 10.Body 20 is compensated by 21 groups of fixing component 22 and elastic component Into being connected with the shape sealed of peristoma 14 of drinking container 10.

The diagram of lower right side is the cross-sectional detail views F of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.To describe herein It is that the elastic component 21 of compensation body 20 can be close on the inwall 12 of drinking container during filling liquid.Although such as This, air discharge duct 51 still can allow air to be flowed out from the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10

Second exhaust scheme [B] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12 is shown in Figure 15.

Different views, fluid level condition and the cut-away section of compensation body 20 is shown in the top half of figure.The figure of upper left quarter It is shown that the side view semi-section for the compensation body 20 being underfilled with state, wherein, compensate the elastic component 21 and fixed structure of body Part 22 is connected.In addition, it may also be seen that the fixing component air discharge duct 52 on the bottom surface of fixing component 22.Related to the diagram is right side The detailed view E on top,

The exhaust grooved profile of fixing component 52 on the figure it can be seen that bottom surface of fixing component 22.

The side view semi-section without the compensation body 20 in liquid condition is shown in the figure of left side central portion, wherein, can only See that fixing component 22 is connected.

The side view semi-section for the compensation body 20 filled in state is shown in the figure of left lower, wherein, compensation body Elastic component 21 is connected with fixing component 22.In addition, it may also be seen that the air discharge duct 52 of fixing component.

Lower right side is the perspective view for compensating body 20, and the compensation body is made up of fixing component 22 and elastic component 21, is located In partly filling state.

On the left of the latter half of figure visible one using exhaust scheme [B] design meet that invention requires without liquid The side view semi-section of drinking instrument 1, the compensation body 20, Yi Jiyong preferentially designed with a drinking container 10, one using insert It is vented in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10Drinking container inwall air discharge duct 53, the air discharge duct is only designed at drinking container Inwall 12, in injection liquid and during drinking, air in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 can be by the row of fixing component 52 Air drain and by drinkingThe air discharge duct 53 of the inwall 12 of container 10 flows out.

Middle figure is the side view semi-section for meeting the drinking container 1 having been filled with that invention is required, appearance is drunk with one The compensation body 20 that device 10, one is preferentially designed using insert and the drinking container for the exhaust of inner chamber 11 to drinking container 10 The air discharge duct 53 of 10 inwall 12, the air discharge duct is only designed at the inwall 12 of drinking container 10.Air can pass through the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 Air discharge duct 53, then the air discharge duct 52 Jing Guo fixing component 22 flow out.What chain-dotted line was indicated is air out of drinking container 10 The process that chamber 11 flows out.

The diagram of right upper portion is the cross-sectional detail views B of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.Chain-dotted line is indicated Air discharge duct 53 of the air by the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 and the exhaust by fixing component 22 The process that groove 52 flows out.Compensation body 20 is made up of fixing component 22 and elastic component 21, preferably the peristoma 14 with drinking container 10 Shape sealed is connected.

The diagram of lower right side is the cross-sectional detail views L of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.To describe herein It is that the elastic component 21 of compensation body 20 can be close on the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 during filling liquid.Although In this way, the air discharge duct 53 of the inwall 12 of container 10 still can allow air to be flowed out from the inner chamber 12 of drinking container 10.

The 3rd exhaust scheme [C] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12 is shown in Figure 16.What is shown is to drink appearance ((left side is empty for the compensation body 20 installed with shape sealed for device 10；Fill on right side) front view part section.As can be seen that During injecting liquid and drinking, how the air in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 is can be by the bottom 13 of drinking container 10 Air discharge duct 54 discharge.In addition it can also be seen that the elastic component and fixing component 22 of compensation body 20.

The 4th exhaust scheme [D] of structure type described in Fig. 8 to 12 is shown in Figure 17.This is with form fit peace (left side is empty for the drinking container 10 of the compensation body 20 of dress；Fill on right side).

The side for meeting the drinking instrument 1 without liquid that invention is required that left side visible one is designed using exhaust scheme [D] View semi-section, the compensation body 20 preferentially designed with a drinking container 10, one using insert, and for drinking container 10 The air discharge duct 52 of fixing component 22 that inner chamber 11 is vented.

Middle figure is the side view semi-section for meeting the drinking container 1 having been filled with that invention is required, appearance is drunk with one Compensation body 20 and the row of fixing component 22 for being vented to drinking container inner chamber 11 that device 10, one is preferentially designed using insert Air drain 52.If the elastic component 21 of compensation body 20 is not close to form obturation effect on the inwall 12 of drinking container 10, air is just It can be discharged from the inner chamber 11 of drinking container.What chain-dotted line was indicated is the process that air flows out from the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10.

The diagram of right upper portion is the local cross-sectional detail views D of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.Chain-dotted line refers to The process that the air in the inner chamber 11 of drinking container 10 is flowed out by the air discharge duct 52 of fixing component 22 is shown.Body 20 is compensated by fixing Component 22 and elastic component 21 are constituted, and are connected with the shape sealed of peristoma 14 of drinking container 10.

The diagram of lower right side is the local cross-sectional detail views F of the drinking instrument 1 related to middle diagram.Here to say Bright, the elastic component 21 of compensation body 20 will not be close on the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 during filling liquid. Therefore just without the circular air discharge duct 51 shown in Figure 14 or the air discharge duct 53 of the inwall 12 of drinking container 10 as shown in figure 15 Also ensure that degassing function.Herein, the air discharge duct 52 of fixing component 22 is just sufficient for exhaust.

The preferential compensation body 20 designed using insert is required according to invention, its advantage is can to offset the liquid in drinking process Position S decline so that allow user avoid excessive tensile neck and avoid often therefore and occur dysphagia, and old man and Patient can also finish off the liquid of drinking instrument 1 completely.

Reference table：

1 drinking instrument

10 drinking containers

The inner chamber of 11 drinking containers 10

The inwall of 12 drinking containers 10

The bottom of 13 drinking containers 10

The peristoma of 14 drinking containers 10

20 compensation bodies, can especially be designed for insertion into part

The elastic component of 21 compensation bodies 20

22 fixing components

23 bottom tabular components

24 wall-like components

25 cap-like structures

26 edge members

27 sealing rings or O-ring

30 lids

Opening in 31 lids 30

32 Gai Yuan

40 blocking mechanisms

50 exhaust apparatus

51 air discharge ducts

The air discharge duct of 52 fixing components

The air discharge duct of the inwall 12 of 53 drinking container 10

The air discharge duct of the bottom 13 of 54 drinking container 10

60 sensors

61 electronics or Mechatronic Systems

The watch window of the bottom 13 of 62 drinking container 10

E etalons

The gravity of F liquid

S liquid levels

Claims

1. the drinking instrument (1) of drinkable liquid is accommodated, including

One drinking container (10) and the object that compensating action is played with the change of the liquid level (S) in drinking container (10) (20), it is characterized in, compensation body (20) includes an elastic component (21), can increase volume in the presence of liquid gravity (F), Compensation body (20) is allowed to recover less original-shape in gravity (F) event resolves.

2. drinking instrument (1) according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the elastic component (21) of compensation body (20) has and liquid The related elasticity of body weight power.

3. according to the drinking instrument (1) of claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that compensation body (20) is designed to can completely or portion The insert divided in insertion drinking container (10).

4. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, its elastic component (21) prioritizing selection material is in itself Elasticity as component elasticity.

5. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of preceding claims, it is characterised in that

The preferential compensation body (20) designed using insert comprises at least elastic component (21), the preferential fixation designed using pencil The elastic component (24/21) of component (22), the component (5) of bottom plate shape and/or wall-like, herein, it may be preferable to additionally have a lid Shape component (25), and above-mentioned component preferably can be by a kind of material, by different materials or by combination of different materials structure Into, and drinking instrument (1) can preferably include an exhaust apparatus (50) or air discharge duct.

6. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of preceding claims, it is characterised in that including originating in drinking container (1) inwall (12) and the air discharge duct (51) of peristoma (14) is spread to.

7. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of preceding claims, it is characterised in that compensation body (20) is rotationally symmetrical Structure.

8. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of right 5 to 7, wherein, fixing component (22) is preferably by a circular annular Edge constitute and/or with drinking container (10) shape sealed, force closure or material is sealed is connected.

9. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of claim 5 to 8, its fixing component (22) and drinking container (10) Top edge is connected with the upper area of drinking container (10) inwall (12).

10. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of preceding claims, its elastic component (21), fixing component (22), bottom Tabular component (23), wall-like elastic component (24/21) and/or preferably cap-like structure (25) are all made up of a material, so as to obtain Compensation body (20) with safe sleeve-like structure.

11. the drinking instrument (1) according at least one of preceding claims, the preferential compensation body designed using insert (20) it is connected with drinking container (10) with friction lock, shape sealed and/or the sealed form of material.

12. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of preceding claims, it is characterised in that including for calculating change The sensing element (60) of amount of liquid.

13. drinking instrument (1) according to claim 12, it is characterised in that sensing element (60) is one electronic or electromechanical A part for system (61).

14. the drinking instrument (1) according to claim 12 or 13, it is characterised in that sensing element (60) contains this The system (61) of element is disposed in the bottom (13) of drinking container (10).

15. the drinking instrument (1) according to any one of claim 12 to 14, it is characterised in that sensing element (60) be with Rangefinder based on infrared ray.